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The Gamma Distribution


	The waiting time to observe the occurrence of events in a Poisson process with intensity is a random variable that follows the Gamma distribution with parameters and (both of which must be positive). The red vertical segment marks the mean of the distribution.


	Contributed by: Chris Boucher

Gamma Distribution (Wolfram MathWorld)

"The Gamma Distribution" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
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Contributed by: Chris Boucher

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